Having seen and read Caroline’s thoughts on it, I was eager to try mine that had sat in my ‘review pile’ since Ewa Michalak had kindly sent it to me some weeks previous. I am decidedly less curvy than her and a HUGE shapewear fan, and I thought it might work a little better for me. I was sent mine in a 44 aka UK16.

I found the shapewear relatively easy to get into, but then I do live and breathe the stuff! Similar to Caroline I found that the gusset sat in an odd place initially, and it took some wriggling to get it flat against my crotch rather than a little further down my thighs. Once that was done and I was in I felt pretty good!

I teamed this with my Freya Deco – I am never sure whether you get a cleaner line with the bra under or over the shapewear! The straps are fully adjustable, and I really love WYOB (wear your own bra) pieces as it means there’s no roll down or extra bulging. I was pretty wary about wearing something that stopped mid thigh as most things cut in a ridiculous amount. However, this cut in very minimally whilst still maintaining the support all the way down.
I did find that the squeezed me in quite well, but it didn’t smooth my waist in very much, meaning I looked a little more up and down than I really am.

The lovely above photo should hopefully show the built in knickers and the compression of the piece. The crotch unpops to allow the wearer to use the loo!

I hope that you can see that I have a lovely smooth silhouette for the most part, and so I will definitely consider wearing it under tighter dresses. It will be a life saver under shorter dresses as well.

I would say that it is true to size. The wonderful CurvyWordy helps feed my laziness, as her brilliant blog post explain about fit and sizing better than I ever can. Don’t size down thinking that that will give you more sucking in powers – stick to your general size!

I love that Ewa has branched out into shapewear, and I do think that this is a really excellently made first piece. It has that vintagey feel, and is something you wouldn’t feel ashamed to be seen in, unlike some of the shorts that I personally wear! What are your thoughts?